JOHN R. WALKER is a Partner in SBSB's Houston office. For the past almost twenty-five years, it has been my privilege to represent insurance and employer interests focusing on the defense of claims brought under the Longshore and Harbor Act, the Defense Base (DBA), the Non-Appropriated Funds (NAF) Instrumentalities Act, the Jones Act, and General Maritime and Admiralty Law. Additionally, John also has extensive experience in First Party Insurance Defense matters, representing employers, insurance carriers, and third parties in State, Federal and Appellate courts. Prior to joining the firm, John handled First Party Insurance Defense,...

A partner in the firm, John Eggum concentrates his practice on insurance coverage disputes and commercial litigation. With respect to insurance coverage matters, Mr. Eggum has represented a variety of insurance companies in both third-party and first-party matters, including mass tort, cyber/technology liability, and professional liability disputes. Mr. Eggum also represents both private and public companies (including financial institutions) in commercial disputes around the country. He is also frequently retained by insurers and other creditors to provide representation in insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Coverage (Third-Party –...

Jay S. Judge, the senior partner of Judge, James, Hoban & Fisher, LLC, is a trial, appellate and insurance coverage attorney. He has had more than 85 jury trials and 200 appeals on liability and coverage issues. He is a former claims supervisor who currently represents self insured governmental entities, insurance companies and self insured risk pools. He graduated cum laude from John Marshall Law School where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. Jay has a Martindale-Hubbell rating of “AV Preeminent for 30 Years.” He has written two legal columns for over 30 years: “Federal Courts” in...

Mr. Sullivan is a defense attorney with extensive experience litigating product liability, toxic tort, asbestos, complex litigation, mass tort, transportation, insurance and general liability claims. Representative matters currently include defending a catastrophic injury case involving a double amputation from a recycling baler, a wrongful death case resulting from maintenance on a street cleaning truck and a breach of warranty action involving fires on two tractor trailers. Joe has been involved in the defense of a wide variety of toxic tort cases for 20 years, including, single plaintiff and multi-plaintiff claims arising from alleged exposure to asbestos, mold, benzene, PCBs...

Paul S. Steinhofer is an experienced civil and criminal first chair litigator who has tried numerous cases to verdict. His clients represent a broad spectrum of insurance companies and corporations for whom he has provided defense litigation representation in cases involving catastrophic loss, product liability, toxic tort litigation and construction litigation. One of his major clients is Siemens.

Some of Paul’s notable litigation successes have involved cases defending clients against claims of asbestos and benzene exposure. As a key member of the McKenna toxic tort practice, Paul conducts depositions throughout the United States in addition to participating in trials throughout Illinois...

Kathryn M. Walker graduated with honors from the University of Michigan Law School where she received the Craig T. Spangenberg Award for Outstanding Oral Advocacy for her work in the Michigan Clinical Law Program, representing a variety of clients in state and federal court. In the spring of 2010, Ms. Walker wrote a successful petition for rehearing en banc and, subsequently, submitted a supplementary brief to the Sixth Circuit. She also represented a former inmate in a federal suit against the local county jail for abuse, harassment, and deliberate indifference. Ms. Walker spent two summers working at public defender agencies,...

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